Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz would like to cooperate much more closely with Poland’s head of government Donald Tusk in the event of an election victory than the governments of Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel have done. Following a meeting with Tusk, Merz said: „Donald Tusk is a great stroke of luck for Poland, but also a great stroke of luck for Germany.“ The relationship with Poland is an election campaign issue for the CDU.